Borges and Memory : Encounters with the Human Brain.
Quian Quiroga, Rodrigo.
Borges and Memory : Encounters with the Human Brain. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (224 pages)
Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. FUNES AND OTHER CASES OF EXTRAORDINARY MEMORY -- 2. THE LIBRARY OF BABEL -- 3. THE MAN WHO COULD NOT FORGET -- 4. LIVING IN THE PAST -- 5. SUBTLETIES OF MEMORY -- 6. WHERE DO MEMORIES RESIDE? -- 7. PRODIGIOUS MINDS -- 8. THE DELICATE BALANCE BETWEEN REMEMBERING AND FORGETTING -- 9. PERCEPTION AND MEMORY -- 10. NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF VISION -- 11. THE JENNIFER ANISTON NEURON -- 12. KEYS TO THOUGHT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX.
A scientist's exploration of the working of memory begins with a story by Borges about a man who could not forget.
9780262305877
Borges, Jorge Luis, -- 1899-1986 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Memory -- Physiological aspects -- Popular works.
Brain -- Research -- Popular works.
Memory disorders -- Case studies.
Memory in literature.
Electronic books.
QP406 -- .Q53 2012eb
612.8233
Borges and Memory : Encounters with the Human Brain. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (224 pages)
Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. FUNES AND OTHER CASES OF EXTRAORDINARY MEMORY -- 2. THE LIBRARY OF BABEL -- 3. THE MAN WHO COULD NOT FORGET -- 4. LIVING IN THE PAST -- 5. SUBTLETIES OF MEMORY -- 6. WHERE DO MEMORIES RESIDE? -- 7. PRODIGIOUS MINDS -- 8. THE DELICATE BALANCE BETWEEN REMEMBERING AND FORGETTING -- 9. PERCEPTION AND MEMORY -- 10. NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF VISION -- 11. THE JENNIFER ANISTON NEURON -- 12. KEYS TO THOUGHT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX.
A scientist's exploration of the working of memory begins with a story by Borges about a man who could not forget.
9780262305877
Borges, Jorge Luis, -- 1899-1986 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Memory -- Physiological aspects -- Popular works.
Brain -- Research -- Popular works.
Memory disorders -- Case studies.
Memory in literature.
Electronic books.
QP406 -- .Q53 2012eb
612.8233